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Why is it possible for an amino acid to be specified by more that one kind of codon

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Because there are only 20 different amino acids but 64 possible condons, most amino acids are indicated by more than one condon. I hope this helps
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Because there are only 20 different amino acids but 64 possible codons, most amino acids are indicated by more than one codon.

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